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Pepy II (Neferkare)

According to tradition, Pepi II was the last ruler of Egypt’s  6th Dynasty, and in fact the last significant ruler of the Old Kingdom prior to the onset of what Egyptologists call the  Fist Intermediate Period. We are told that … Continue reading

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Shepseskaf

Introduction Ultimately, we know very little with any certainty about the last king of Egypt’s  4th Dynasty. His birth name was Shepseskaf, meaning “His Soul is Noble”, and like everything else about him, seems out of place. Most kings’ of … Continue reading

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Shay – Personified Destiny

Shai (Shay, Schai, Schay) was the ancient Egyptian god of fate and destiny. He was both a personification of these concepts as well as a  deity – the Egyptians believed that he was ‘born’ with each individual, yet he was … Continue reading

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Seth – God of Evil

Set (Seth, Setekh, Sut, Sutekh, Suty) was one of ancient Egypt’s earliest gods, a god of chaos, confusion, storms, wind, the desert and foreign lands. In the Osiris legends, he was a contender to the throne of  Osiris and rival … Continue reading

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Sepa – Centipede God

Sepa was a centipede god from Heliopolis with the powers to prevent snake bites. He could also be represented with the head of a donkey or as a mummiform deity sporting two short horns.

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Sefkhet-Abwy – Goddess of Writing and Temple Libraries

Sefkhet-Abwy was a goddess of writing, as well as temple libraries, of which there were many in ancient Egypt. Her name means the seven-horned and she wears on her head the symbol of a seven-pointed star below an indented arc … Continue reading

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Sebiumeker – Meroitic God of Procreation

Sebiumeker was an anthropomorphic god of procreation the Meroitic (Nubian) pantheon. His main center of worship is in the temple complex at Musawwarat el-Sufra in the desert east of the sixth cataract of the Nile.

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The Seven Years' Famine

The Preface This narrative is from the famous inscription which was discovered on the rock pictured at left on the Island of Sahal in 1890 by Charles Wilbour. In the eighteenth year of the king Tcheser (the third king of … Continue reading

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The Prince and the Sphinx

There was once a Prince in Egypt called Thutmose, who was a son of Pharaoh Amenhotep, and the grandson of Thutmose III who succeeded the great Queen Hatshepsut. He had many brothers and half-brothers, and because he was Pharaoh’s favorite … Continue reading

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The Doomed Prince

The Preface This story is to be found in the Harris Papyrus in the British Museum. It was complete when first discovered, but an unfortunate accident partly destroyed it, so that the end of the tale is lost. It is … Continue reading

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